Take Apple for example. The company gave us the iPod, iPhone and the iPad, but do you remember the Apple Newton? That 90s device was supposed to function like a personal digital assistant that could recognize users' handwriting. But it never worked well, it never sold well and it was quickly axed upon Steve Jobs' return to the company.

Not all flops are bad inventions, though. Some just happened to be the losers of a tech arms race, as was the case with the HD DVD. For a few years, it went toe-to-toe with Blu-ray in the fight to become the successor to the DVD. Ultimately, Blu-ray won out, and the HD DVD entered the hall of shame.

And then there are gadgets like the Segway. The two-wheeled, personal transport works exactly as it needs to and makes our lives easier, but it's just so geeky that no one in their right mind, besides mall cops, would ever be caught riding one.

Social media isn't new anymore, so you'd think people would be able to do it by now without making really bad mistakes. And not just any mistakes, but the kinds that leave you speechless. With that, here are actual social media posts from 2014 you have to see to believe.

In its first case testing the limits of free speech on social media, the Supreme Court showed little interest Monday in extending new protections to people who post messages threatening to kill or hurt others.

A controversial app that allowed residents in some of Baltimore's trendiest neighborhoods to charge one another for access to public parking spaces — with the app's creator taking a cut of each transaction — is no more.

Web video advertising firm Videology said Monday it hired a new chief financial officer with experience preparing companies for public stock offerings, a signal the Baltimore-founded company may soon follow through with plans for an initial public offering.